Gazprom reviews cooperation prospects with Mizuho Bank
RELEASE
Release
A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Nobuhide Hayashi, Chairman of Mizuho Bank, Ltd., took place in Moscow today.
It was noted that Mizuho Bank had been a reliable partner to Gazprom for many years.
Particular attention at the meeting was paid to further cooperation, including the possibility of securing financing for Gazprom’s strategic projects with the help of the bank.
Background
Mizuho Bank, Ltd. is a banking unit of Mizuho Financial Group, a leading financial services group in Japan. It has 553 offices around the world (including branches, representative offices, and subsidiaries), among them a subsidiary bank in Moscow. Since 1999, Mizuho Financial Group has actively contributed to many of Gazprom's financial operations, including deals aimed at securing corporate and project financing, as well as transactions with the Gazprom Group's Eurobonds in capital markets.